SECULAR ORDER OF DISCALCED CARMELITES
England, Wales and Scotland

We started the new Coventry Seculars Group on Saturday last at Christ the King, Coventry. Two of the persons attending were formerly...

Our Secular community met last night and we started on the discussion of the first materials of Story of a Soul to be sent out this year...

I am working on a talk about Blessed Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus (1894-1967), to be given on 3 February, the eve of his Feast Day. ...

I have been continuing to read about Archbishop Fulton Sheen in a book simply entitled America's Bishop. He was probably the most famous...

Leafing through the Christmas Newsletter of the OCD Home Regions I came across a reminder of one of my favourite stories about Therese...

It's always exciting when a new group begins. That is happening at Christ the King church in Coventry on Saturday next, 13 January. ...

The readings at this season remind us not just of the illustrious Epiphany visitors to the cradle of Our Lord, but of the flight of the...

If you have Universalis on your computer, you can follow the Carmelite option in the calendar, and then you are alerted to Carmelite...

Among the multitude of admirers of St Therese (whose birthday was yesterday) may be found not a few famous names, including Archbishop...

Materials have just arrived from Rome to help us continue our studies of the thinking of St Therese of Lisieux into 2024. Secular groups...

What can we say on the eve of this special Feast, cherished all over the world by so many! That the infinite God should have taken...

Coming to the end of this natural year, we tend to look back on what has happened and ponder the lessons and the gifts we have received. ...

A Carmelite friend was telling me yesterday how much she hated the modern world. It made me reflect on the delight I actually take in...

At the Lunch at Boars Hill to celebrate the Feast Day of St John of the Cross that I blogged about last week, I met a convert from...

Saturday was devoted to a monthly trip to Hampshire, where a new Secular group was founded in 2022. We still haven't decided on a name,...

Yesterday on the Feast of St John of the Cross I was kindly invited to share in celebrating the occasion at a special lunch provided by...

Today in Carmel we celebrate the Feast Day of St John of the Cross. I personally am hugely indebted to him for the spiritual help he has...

I wrote yesterday about Pauline Vanier (1898-1991), Chancellor of the University of Ottawa, wife of the Governor General of Canada,...

I have been reading a rather beautiful book entitled Mercy within Mercy. Georges and Pauline Vanier and the Search for God. Georges...

One of the delights of becoming a Catholic was a discovery that the Church had never given up the practice of making saints - which I had...